One second. That’s the time represented by 0.4 penalties in eventing, and that blink of an eye is the margin by which Liz Halliday and Miks Master C, the horse who finished third in his five-star debut in Kentucky earlier this year and with whom she recently was named to the U.S. Eventing Team for […]
Amie Loring almost didn’t make the trek from Oxford, Connecticut, to Lexington, Kentucky, to contest the USEA Beginner Novice Horse Championship with Excel Star Cast Away. The last time Loring competed at the USEA American Eventing Championships, she crashed and didn’t complete. “I honestly wasn’t going to come [this time] because I always thought you […]
Allison Icenogle and her own Fernhill Revelation climbed the ranks in a massive division of 45 starters to finish on their dressage score of 27.9 and claim the Novice Amateur Championship at the USEA American Eventing Championships. “I was not expecting this at all,” she said. “This is my first time here, so I was […]
Liz Halliday had one rail and 1.2 time penalties in hand with Miks Master C when she headed into the Rolex Stadium Friday night for show jumping in the $60,000 Adequan USEA Advanced Final at the USEA American Eventing Championships. After leading the competition from the start, she thought she was in the clear as she […]
On Sept. 11 the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association board of directors will elect the next president of the USHJA. The winner of the election will spend a year and a few months working with current president Mary Knowlton getting up to speed on the inner workings of the USHJA, then take over the presidency in […]
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England—Sept. 1 If Tim Price and Vitali had matched their best dressage score of 21.3 from last year’s Burghley CCI5*-L, they would have had a comfortable lead over yesterday’s leaders Oliver Townend and Swallow Springs heading into the cross-country. But the New Zealand pair didn’t just match that—they crushed it, scoring an 18.7 […]
What better way to conclude the first day of championship crowning at the USEA American Eventing Championships than with a show jumping session under the setting Kentucky sun? Competitors and spectators at the Kentucky Horse Park were treated to just that as the USEA Intermediate Championship came to a close Thursday evening with show jumping […]
It all started with a palomino pinto miniature horse-Shetland stallion that captured the hearts of John and Trisha Reimers. “I always loved horses, always wanted them in my life,” said Trisha, Gulf Shores, Alabama. “I just saw this cute little stallion and his mom, and we had them for yard art. And he was so […]
Kathryn Maynard clearly recalls the moment she broke her hand two years ago, when her horse balked at the second beginner novice cross-country jump at the 2021 USEA American Eventing Championships. “I felt it break. But I was like, ‘I didn’t drive to Kentucky to jump one jump,’ ” recalled Maynard, who was in her […]
Sitting on her tack trunk after schooling in the main arena of the 2010 National Horse Show In Syracuse, New York, long before the sky began to lighten, Jennifer Bliss enjoyed easy conversation with Jimmy and Ellen Toon. With just one horse apiece, Bliss and the Toons, who were stabled next to each other, had […]